This could be really really bad for the Gulf area. Over 4,200,000 gallons of oil are pouring out into the ocean and they still haven't really even slowed the flow. The Gulf current has now caught the slick and is carrying it not only out to sea towards Cuba, but its also expected to be brought up the East coast of Florida northwards.

If you guys want to get more info and actually see a live feed of the leak, click this link to BP's site:

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_interne ... tream.html

www.bp.com

That's...crazy. I dunno how else to put it. Has there ever been an oil spill larger ?

Yes
I think this spill needs to continue for a few more months before it reaches the Exxon Valdez levels. Check Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_spill# ... oil_spills

I don't think it does jet.

At least not a few months. And valdez wasn't as close to delicate swamps.

That area is still recovering from it, 20 years later. Which means this will most likely take longer. F*CK oil. BP and the rest of the oil companies are a bunch of faggots.

Where's sarah palin and her "DRILL BABY DRILL" now, huh? F*CK you dumb cheerleading cunt.

this is by far the greatest one of all:

Trans-Alaska Pipeline (shot by drunk hunter) United States, Alaska October 4, 2001


Exxon didnt spill enough to make it onto that list of largest oil spills. If you compare the amt leaked in Exxon ~37000 tonnes compared to the estimates for the recent Gulf of Mexico leak anywhere from 21000-340000 tonnes it's easy to see that this incident will surely surpass the Exxon disaster and I believe will have larger impact on our ecology than any other spill in history.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oil_spills

It's interesting to note that looking down this list you'll see the American flag more than any other country about 1/3 of the list from the looks of it. It's absolutely amazing how this country and its people do things. I'm really interested to see how history will view America.

history will view america as a giant super power like always even tho we can't control or do things responsably atleast that's how the histroy books look at us now and will prob till we F*CK up big enough and destroy ourselves :)

I think history will view us just fine.Why don't you hop a boat to Cuba and see how you like the view from there.Or Mexico,or the former Soviet union,or north Korea,or Iran,or Canada etc etc.Tell you what, why don't you just tell us Mr.Vision you know it all mother F*CKER where your little smart ass would like it better.Maybe we can have fund raiser for you a plane ticket.Till then quit riding in cars and buy a F*CKING goat if you don't like the pursuit of oil.

Don't bash the F*CKING country that lets anti American queers like you live.

I'm a mech-e for this exact reason.

I intend on reshaping the car market because the internal combustion engine was just a piece of shit cheap alternative from the start.

If it was a cheaper alternative from the "start" what was it cheaper than?
Maybe im wrong but i think from the start it was Pat and Bob,some type of animal or a steam powered car which would be nice in the winter but summer's would suck.

Look up the original engine choices. There were several and we picked the internal combustion engine because it was the cheapest to manufacture and we had the materials on hand.

Shit,my bad i missed the old rubber band.Why don't you just tell me what the better choice from the "start" should have been.I want to know what Henry ford should have powered "his" first automobile with,because that's pretty much what started the industrial revolution.

I'm sorry that your thread went to the dogs Omega

Stop the stubborn stupidly that contributes to the image of being an urp durp, this country IS grand, but it doesn't mean it's exempt from flaws, accept them and accept other peoples opinions and quit being cunts.This thread can be referenced for "why we don't have anything close to political talk" on our forum

I subscribe to TIME magazine and last week's cover page was the spill. This isn't the biggest spill (so far). Here are the top spills:
xtoc (Gulf of Mexico, 1979) = 140 million gal.
Exxon Valdez (1989) = 10.9 million gal.
Deepwater Horizon (2010) = 2.9 million gal.

Right now they're estimating the spill rate at 210,000 gal. per day, so who knows what it will go up to.

lol, cranky aren't we? Your assumptions of my views are very far off-base but thanks for trying.... blah blah blah insult insult <insert e-peen here>

i'm glad you guys are talking about this. my company is deperately trying to help get our technology/products to the gulf to help clean up the spill but BP and their contractors have not been reviewing different/newer methods very well. they are supposed to be testing with our products this weekend, but they won't let anyone be around to watch the test. so who knows if it'll actually get done.

first of all, NO ONE knows if this spill is the biggest or not yet, because no one knows how much oil is leaking into the gulf on a daily basis. the estimates are all over the board, and if you listen to BP's or our government's estimates you are an idiot. just watching the oil flow from those pipes (please don't forget there are multiple leaks) makes me believe this surpassed the exxon valdez spill days ago.

second of all, the fallout from this leak/spill is only just beginning. mark my words, this is going to kill the gulf. the economy along the coast will be ruined, from fishing to tourism to the oil & gas industry itself. i can envision a mass exodus away from the gulf coast. i can't comment on what it will do once it exits the gulf and hits the ocean current, but i can only imagine if it runs up along the east coast what will happen to all those communities... (see link)

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2Z6RM8/ww ... op.php/r:t

third, the bullshit politics involved here are driving me insane. i know these leaks are a mile under water, but it seems BP is not interested in stopping the leak, only siphoning or conveying it to the surface so they can still get their precious oil. seriously, they have made ZERO attempts to STOP the leak. to me that means they don't want it stopped, because they want the oil. if they would have stopped it in the first week or two there is a chance little oil would have hit land.

i have signed a petition to help ensure that BP pays for every bit of this cleanup and none of it is paid for by the taxpayers. if you are interested follow the link below. yes, it is a AZ based env. lobbyist, but the petition is specifically for the spill. speak now or forever hold your peace.

http://www.environmentarizona.org/actio ... ime?id4=ES

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100523/pl_ ... l_rig_leak

The US is about to kick BP out of the picture.

Not to be a dick, just clarifying the purpose of the petition, but the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, stipulates that “each responsible party for a vessel or a facility from which oil is discharged” is liable for cleanup costs. I think the petition is trying to hold all responsible parties liable for more than the $75 million cap on damages claimed by individuals, companies, and the gov't which is the current limit under the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund as the responsible parties are already liable for the full cost of the cleanup.

EDIT: After reading that article I thought it was obvious that BP wasn't trying to stop the leak fully. Every time I heard about their temp solutions they sounded ridiculous and crude, no pun intended, at best. I can't believe oil companies don't have a specific plan laid out for a situation like this, absolutely unbelievable.

I can think of a very good reason that BP has not tried anything to stop the leak. Righ now thr BOP is keeping the leak somewhat controlled. I don't think they want to mess with it until they have run out of options and risk an uncontrolled spill. Didn't they estimate the spill can be 10x worse if the BOP gets detached?

So wait, the US trusted the fucks that caused the spill to fix it, which they have yet to do?
The government should hold a tighter leash when it comes to environmental affairs. Especially with how we're destroying it and all.

And those images look bad purple, Let's hope it's not the biggest oil spill, and that none of it get's into the ocean, or swampland/marshes.

They coulda done a whole lot better, and, on a side note, here's what went down at BP HQ last month:

Ya I decided to look it up. This is currently the 3rd largest oil spill ever recorded. The only ones that beat it are The Gulf War oil spill in Kuwait, and Ixtoc I wich was also in the Gulf of Mexico. It's getting pretty close to beating Ixtoc I wich is well above 3,000,000 Barrels.